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- I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, the Vehicle City. I grew up in an environment chock-full of working-class joie de vivre. Flint was a magical place to grow up, with its myriad factories, vibrant Cultural Center, and being steeped in car-culture. Growing up in Flint undoubtedly shaped my tendency to gravitate toward urban scenes.
![The night before this writing, I had just wrapped a fun weekend visit from my childhood friend Keri and her sister and daughter. This is the same Keri who I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/016-1987-Toyota-Land-Cruiser-J60-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1987 Toyota Land Cruiser 60 Series – Transported To Liberia")
![Norman Lear’s The Jeffersons had been one of my favorite shows in childhood. There were so many things about it that had made it must-watch TV after school once my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/030-1989-Bentley-Eight-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1989 Bentley Eight – Calling Mr. Bentley")
![The Buick brand is one that I hold close to my heart, as I grew up in the city in which this make had once called its world headquarters home […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/011-1981-Buick-Regal-Pace-Car-CC.jpg "1981 Buick Regal Indy 500 Pace Car: The Real McCoy")
![I’ll preface this week’s Curbside Musings by acknowledging that Christmas was almost four weeks ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was already yesterday, and many are simply Christmased-out. For those […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/022-1989-Chevrolet-Corvette-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1989 Chevrolet Corvette – Lighten Up")
![I was never a big zodiac person. That isn’t to say that I look down on those for whom their zodiac signs are a significant part of their identity in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/060-2025_04_11-02_00_54-UTC-1993-Ford-Taurus-GL-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: c. 1993 Ford Taurus GL – Zodiac Maniac")
![I reference my parents’ 1977 Plymouth Volaré coupe a lot because that was the first car with which I had developed a love/hate relationship. My years as a toddler starting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/004-1973-Buick-Electra-225-coupe-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973 Buick Electra 225 – Living Room")
![The holiday season is full of boxes. There’s the packaging wrapped in colorful paper from which gifts are removed, or even just the cardboard containers that arrive in the mail. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/320-1989-Chevrolet-Caprice-Classic-Brougham-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1989 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham – Boxes")
![I’m still a sucker for toys well into my middle age. I say this not in the Peter Pan sense, as I’m fully aware when going after large accounts during […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_20251123_095931919_MP-2024-BMW-M2-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 2024 BMW M2 – Lego Car")
![(Updated 12/11/2025) I was in college when the second-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse made its debut for model year ’95. Having been a fan of the previous, first-generation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/045-1995-Mitsubishi-Eclipse-CC.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse – Red With Envy")
![At the time of this writing, the annual benefits enrollment period at work had just ended. I’m always initially a bit shocked at how much comes out of my check […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/078-2025_08_28-14_00_59-UTC-1978-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Supreme-for-CC-2-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Dental Work")
![I recently recovered a treasure trove of a ton of photographs I had taken dating back to the late 2000s, and it’s hard to overstate how much joy this brings […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/091-1959-Chevrolet-El-Camino-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1959 Chevrolet El Camino – No Embellishment Needed")
![This past summer while at the annual Back To The Bricks car festival in downtown Flint, I came across yet another once-ordinary vehicle which fascinated me more than the much […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54795900997_68dd50b4a2_o-1987-Ford-Escort-GT-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1987 Ford Escort GT – Proper Form")
![“Cooler By The Lake” read some of the banners in my Chicago northside neighborhood of Edgewater. This could be a reference to how the breezes off nearby Lake Michigan keep […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/040-1966-Lincoln-Continental-Convertible-for-CC-2-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible – Living Larger")
![It was a full-on freak-out moment when I saw this 1985 Pontiac Fiero GT in traffic while walking to work from the Red Line last Tuesday. To say that I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/008-1985-Pontiac-Fiero-GT-for-CC-2-115x115.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1985 Pontiac Fiero GT – Like A Mirage")
![(Updated 11/12/2025) It snowed all day on Halloween this year in Chicago. In fact, not only did the snow accumulate, but it remained overnight for the first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/021-1984-Grand-Marquis-CC.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1984 Mercury Grand Marquis Two-Door Sedan – Once Taken For Granite")
